Storing and presenting data associating information in a file with the source of the information

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor which bears instructions executable by the processor to identify data pertaining to a first file in response to an event at the first file, manipulate a second file based at least in part on the event at the first file, and in response to the manipulation, store the data pertaining to the first file in a storage area and associate in the storage area the data with the second file.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A first device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to:   identify data pertaining to a first file in response to an event at the first file;   manipulate a second file based at least in part on the event at the first file; and   in response to the manipulation, store the data pertaining to the first file in a storage area and associate in the storage area the data with the second file.   
     
     
         2 . The first device of  claim 1 , further comprising a display accessible to the processor; wherein the data is first data, and wherein the instructions are further executable to:
 at the second file, receive a request for information pertaining to second data associated with the manipulation; and   in response to the request, present on the display information pertaining to the second data, the information identified at least based in part on accessing the first data in the storage area.   
     
     
         3 . The first device of  claim 2 , wherein the second data forms at least a portion of the payload of the second file. 
     
     
         4 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to the event. 
     
     
         5 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises information regarding the source of the first file, wherein the source is where the first file was first accessed by the first device. 
     
     
         6 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to a location at which the first file is stored. 
     
     
         7 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data is associated with the second file to correlate the manipulation with the event at the first file. 
     
     
         8 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to an application selected from the group consisting of: an application used to undertake the event, an application through which the first file was accessed when the event occurred. 
     
     
         9 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the data is metadata. 
     
     
         10 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:
 add metadata to the first file pertaining to at least one of the event, the second file, the manipulation, a location in the storage area at which the data is stored, the source of the first file, an application used to undertake the event, and an application through which the first file was accessed when the event occurred.   
     
     
         11 . The first device of  claim 10 , wherein the metadata is added to a header portion of the first file. 
     
     
         12 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the event is selected from the group consisting of: performance of a select command, performance of a select all command, performance of a copy command, performance of a cut command, performance of an export command, performance of a save command, performance of a share command, performance of a print command. 
     
     
         13 . The first device of  claim 1 , wherein the manipulation is selected from the group consisting of: performance of a paste command on the second file, performance of an import command on the second file, performance of a share command on the second file. 
     
     
         14 . A method, comprising:
 identifying an event at a first file;   identifying data pertaining to the event and a source of the first file; and   storing the data in a storage area and associating in the storage area the data with the source.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the data is first data, and wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving a command to perform a function at a second file using second data from a payload of the first file;   performing the function; and   in response to performing the function, adding to the first data in the storage area third data pertaining to performance of the function.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the source is selected from the group consisting of: an email, an email account, a word processing document, a spreadsheet, an image, a graph, a web page, an electronic calendar, a cloud storage area, a device different from the first device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the event is selected from the group consisting of: a cut function, a copy function, a selection of payload data; and   the data further comprises information pertaining to an application selected from the group consisting of: an application used to undertake the event, an application through which the first file was accessed when the event occurred.   
     
     
         18 . A computer readable storage medium that is not a carrier wave, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
 present a first file on a display of an information handling device;   receive a request at the information handling device for a source of at least a portion of information contained in the first file;   access a repository storing correlations of information in files with respective sources of the information in the respective files; and   present information related to the source of the at least portion of the information contained in the first file.   
     
     
         19 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the correlations further correlate the respective information in the respective files with respective events that occurred on the respective information at the respective sources. 
     
     
         20 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the request pertains to a source of only the portion of information and not a source of all information in the first file.